by Jared Mooney | Feb 6, 2014 | Atonement, Book of Mormon, Charity, Faith, Featured, Forgiveness, Gospel Topics, Mormonism, New Testament, Repentance |
I’ve said before on many occasions, that while I am certain I can claim to be a good Mormon, I am not a remotely perfect Mormon. And neither are you. Neither have been any members of this church. Nor prophets, founders, or leaders of this church. I’m not...
by EOR | Jan 22, 2014 | Faith, Faith Crisis, Featured, Forgiveness, Gospel Topics, Mormonism, Repentance, Revelation, Theology |
For the first time in my comparatively short career as a permablogger here at Rational Faiths I am writing a post for me. It isn’t that I am not of course interested in the things I normally write, but I do try to keep the readers in my mind when deciding what to...
by Jared Mooney | Jan 2, 2014 | Agency, Charity, Faith, Faith Crisis, Featured, Feminism, Forgiveness, Gospel Topics, Infertility, LDS Church History, LDS Missions, Mormonism, Repentance, Revelation, Temple, Theology, Transhumanism |
Most of my Mormon friends aren’t actively involved with the church. More than half of my core group of friends from high school haven’t participated since college. A surprising number of the friends I made on my mission and at BYU are now disenfranchised...
by Laurel Sandberg-Armstrong | Nov 27, 2013 | Faith, Featured, LDS Church History, Repentance, Theology |
When I was nearing the end of my mission, there was a bit more of a hullabaloo than usual within the church over Joseph Smith. It was November of 2005. If Joseph Smith had been an elf or one of the Dunedain, he would have been celebrating his 200th birthday in...
by Heber Longhurst | Nov 20, 2013 | Agency, Book of Mormon, Charity, Doctrine and Covenants, Faith, Featured, New Testament, Old Testament, Pearl of Great Price, Priesthood, Repentance, Revelation, Standard Works, Sunday School, Theology |
The Tree of Life – Part III The first encounter we have with the Tree of Life is in the Garden of Eden which is described in the books of Genesis, Moses and Abraham. In Moses 3:9 we are told that God created many trees in Eden, but Moses makes particular mention of...
by Heber Longhurst | Nov 18, 2013 | Book of Mormon, Faith, Featured, Gospel Topics, Repentance, Standard Works, Sunday School, Theology |
The Tree of Life – Part 1 This is a three part miniseries which will deal primarily with the powerful symbolism encompassed in the Tree of Life. The second part of this essay will provide a broad survey of the Tree of Life in other religious traditions and the...
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